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Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush Warbler
Horornis [fortipes or robustipes] (= Horornis fortipes) Hodgson, BH 1845
The brown-flanked bush warbler, also known as the brownish-flanked bush warbler, is a species of bush-warbler of the family Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in South Asia. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Scotocercidae
Genus:
Horornis
Scientific:
Horornis fortipes
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Scotocercidae
Genus:
Horornis
Scientific:
Horornis fortipes
Original description
Citation:
Hodgson, BH 1845
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
pt.13, no.146 p.31
Imprint year:
1845
Protonym:
Horornis fortipes
Type locality:
Nepal.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46217#page/245/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
165083761D0EAD83
Avibase ID:
avibase-16508376
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/16508376
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916921
Geographic range:
- Horornis [fortipes or robustipes]: foothill to montane dense understory of forest, bamboo thicket, and grassy edges to clearings, from northern Pakistan eastward through Himalayas to central and southeastern China and Taiwan, and southward to western Myanmar and northern southeastern Asia; downslope altitudinal migrant in winter
- Horornis fortipes fortipes: Himalayas of eastern Nepal to Bhutan, southeastern Tibet, northeastern India, and Myanmar
- Horornis fortipes davidianus: mountains of southern China to northern Laos and northern Vietnam
- Horornis fortipes pallidus: northeastern Himalayas (Kashmir to western Nepal)
- Horornis robustipes: mountains of Taiwan
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Source: Clements checklist
Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush Warbler
French:
Bouscarle de montagne ou B. à ventre jaunâtre
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush Warbler ( Horornis [fortipes or robustipes]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush-Warbler ( Horornis [fortipes or robustipes]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush-Warbler ( Horornis [fortipes or robustipes]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush Warbler ( Horornis [fortipes or robustipes]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Horornis [fortipes or robustipes] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Horornis [fortipes or robustipes] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Horornis [fortipes or robustipes] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush-Warbler ( Horornis [fortipes or robustipes]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush-Warbler ( Horornis [fortipes or robustipes]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush-Warbler ( Horornis [fortipes or robustipes]) |
| Avilist 2025: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Bouscarle de montagne ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Clements, version 2023: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Clements, version 2024: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Clements, version 2025: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Clements 4th edition: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2023: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2024: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| eBird version 2025: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler ( Horornis fortipes) [version 3] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler ( Cettia fortipes) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cettia fortipes [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cettia fortipes [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Horornis [fortipes, robustipes or vulcanius]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Azerbaijani: Qısa ayaqlı enliquyruq
Bulgarian: Кафяв храстов певец
Bengali: খয়রাডানা বনফুটকি
Catalan: rossinyol bord de muntanya
Czech: cetie hnědoboká
Danish: Brunsidet Busksanger
German: Bergbuschsänger, Bergseidensänger
English: Brown-flanked Bush Warbler, Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler, Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler, Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush Warbler, Brownish-flanked or Highland Bush-Warbler, Mountain bush warbler, Strong-footed bush warbler
English (Avilist): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
English, HBW: Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler
English (Hong Kong SAR China): Brown-flanked Bush Warbler
English (IOC): Brown-flanked Bush Warbler
English (United States): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
Esperanto: Brunflanka ĉetio
Spanish: Cetia montana, Cetia Montano
Spanish (Spain): Cetia Montano
Spanish (HBW): Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
Estonian: pruunkülg-rädilind
Finnish: pensassilkkikerttunen
French: Bouscarle de montagne, Bouscarle de montagne ou B. à ventre jaunâtre
French (Guyane): Bouscarle de montagne
Hindi: भूरियाबगल झाड़-फुदकी
Croatian: smeđoboka svilorepa
Hungarian: hegyi berkiposzáta
Indonesian: Perenjak gunung
Italian: Cettia fianchibruni
Japanese (romaji): taiwan uguisu, taiwankouguisu
Japanese: タイワンウグイス, タイワンコウグイス
Japanese (Kanji): 台湾鴬
Scientific: Cettia [fortipes or robustipes], Cettia fortipes, Cettia fortipes fortipes, Horornis [fortipes or robustipes], Horornis fortipes, Horornis fortipes fortipes
Lithuanian: Kalninė četija
Latvian: kalnu cetija
Nepali: खैरोकोखे झाडीफिस्टो
Nepali (India): खैरोकोखे झरीफिस्टा
Dutch: Bergstruikzanger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Crescendosongar
Norwegian: Crescendosanger
Punjabi: ਭੂਰੀ ਝਾੜੀ-ਪਿੱਦੀ
Polish: wierzbownik płowy
Pinyin: qiáng-jiǎo shù-yīng, shān shù-yīng, xiǎo yīng
Portuguese: rouxinol-bravo-acastanhado
Portuguese (Portugal): cétia-montesa
Russian: Горная короткокрылая камышевка, Горная широкохвостка
Slovak: cetia hnedoboká
Serbian: Smeđoboki horornis
Swedish: brunsidig cettia
Turkish: Boz böğürlü çalıbülbülü
Ukrainian: Очеретянка вохриста, широкохвістка вохриста
Vietnamese: Chim Chích chân khỏe, Chim Chích sườn nâu
Chinese: 山树莺, 强脚树莺
Chinese (Hong Kong): 強腳樹鶯
Chinese (Traditional): 小鶯, 小鶯〔強腳樹鶯〕, 山樹鶯, 強腳樹鶯, 强腳樹鶯
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 小鶯
Chinese (Taiwan): 小莺
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